Blast Off!
Dance about the features on the moon, the moon phases and the orbit of the moon.
Resources
- Spot light
- List item
- Music: Espana by Patrick O’Hearn (CD – Starscape – Omni Volume 2)
- Visuals of the moon
Fine Art Standards
- DANCE STANDARD 2: The student will identify and demonstrate movement elements (time, space, energy and motion) in performing dance.
- DANCE STANDARD 3: The student will improvise, create, perform, and respond to movement solutions in the art form of dance.
Integrated Standards
- SCIENCE STANDARD 1: Students will understand that the shape of Earth and the moon are spherical and that Earth rotates on its axis to produce the appearance of the sun and moon moving through the sky.
- OBJECTIVE 1: Describe the appearance of Earth and the moon.
- c. List the differences in the physical appearance of Earth and the moon as viewed from space.
- OBJECTIVE 2: b. Use a chart to show that the moon orbits Earth approximately every 28 days.
Objectives
Third grade students will understand the appearance of the moon, the moon phases and the fact that the moon orbits the Earth approximately every 28 days.